Skier Legkov: “The medals of the Legkov race will not be worse than the Olympic ones. They are big, a bit like the ones in Sochi.”

Olympic champion in Sochi at the ski marathon Alexander Legkov told that the Legkov Run medals will be visually similar to the awards from the 2014 Games.

The Legkov race will take place on February 23-24 in Peresvet. Ski competitions will take place between professionals, between amateurs and between children over different distances.

– May the strongest win – I will support both biathletes and skiers. But I don’t know who will win now. Artyom Maltsev may have already won his third victory in a row, but this year he will have very serious competition.

I wish biathletes and skiers to force the fight and make it so beautiful that it will be the coolest start to the season, which Ilya Trifanov will comment on, and everyone will jump on the screens like during the Olympic Games – I I would like to be like that.

I am grateful to our beloved and I am just incredibly happy. And above all, the race will not be broadcast in fragments, and those who cannot come will be able to watch the entire race live, which is also a huge responsibility.

I want everything to happen at the highest level. Of course, I want everything to please the athletes. They supported me, I appreciate them and I really love them for that. But the main thing is the children and the lovers who will come, so that everyone is happy, I am very worried about that.

—Who will be your main competitor in this race?

— Current professional athletes will compete among themselves, but among the ambassadors who have already given up their professional careers, my main competitors are (Ilya) Chernousov and (Maxim) Vylegzhanin. I think they will be able to impose a fight on me and the professionals. I won’t be in top form because I will organize the Legkov Race, but I will try to show results.

I wish everyone victory and good preparation for this race, because the prize money will be cool and there will be incredibly cool medals, so you need to get into the top three to leave a memory of it. The medal will not be worse than the Olympic medal, at least visually (smiles). They are large, a bit similar to those in Sochi, the same weight, the same size, and each medal will be in a velvet box.

— The Legkov race has an anthem this year.

— It (the song) was written by Sergei Naidun, it gives me goosebumps. Everyone who heard it said it was a very cool song. We remember it very well, the children react to it very well. I would like this song to be played everywhere, because it contains very strong and accurate lyrics for both life and sport.

It has already been played at the Spartakiad after every awards ceremony. When people kiss, rejoice, congratulate each other, give each other flowers, this song is suitable for precisely such moments,” Legkov told .

Watch the live broadcast of the Legkov race on the TV channels “” and “Match! Arena”, on February 23 from 11:40 a.m. (Moscow time), as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source : MatchTV

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